mosque
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//mɒsk//
- United States//mɑsk//
A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
noun
- 1
A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
There's a mosque near where I live.
The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
Etymology
From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”). Doublet of masjid.
Forms
- plural
- mosques
mosque · A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
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